This was Ammann's first long span job after 1940, which saw the collapse of the original Tacoma Narrows Suspension Bridge in the state of Washington.

Some of the largest octopuses in the world, the Giant Pacific Octopus, live among the ruins of the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge.

Bridges were not tested in wind tunnels until the 1950s, well after the collapse of the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Galloping Gertie) in 1940.

The decision to use such shallow and narrow girders proved to be the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge's undoing.

One famous example of flutter phenomena is the collapse of the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge.

Perhaps the most famous of these bridges is "Galloping Gertie," the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge.

Moisseiff called the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge, the first bridge that he designed as the leading engineer, the "most beautiful bridge in the world."

The Lake Washington Floating Bridge and the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened in 1940.

It is what made the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse.

The 1940 collapse of the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge is sometimes characterized in physics textbooks as a classical example of resonance; although, this description is misleading.